I noticed the social icons are coded itno the theme. Is there a way of removing them and changing them for different networks? I would use a plugin of my choice in exactly the same area so that I have the control of it?

You can remove the current icons by opening up the header.php file and searching for

<ul class="social_bookmarks">

The following lines display the icons when the page is loaded (up to the <!– end social_bookmarks–> line). If you find a plugin that allows you to add its own hook to your theme files, that is where you would put it. Then modify the css so that it fits with your needs and all done.

Thanks for that. But honestly I am going to leave it jsut as it is now. It seems like a redundant pain in the rear to remove the social icons, and replace them (In the hope that the replacements can hook in). Maybe in a later update there could be a improvement to allow easier handling of the social media profiles and chocies to add them there.